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N. J. HOAG. COMBINED TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. i919.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

Ill/VENTOH rman J hoqg WITNESSES:

I F BY W A TTOR/VEY UNITED STATES" PATET Enron.

NORMAN; or New, YORK- YQQMEI-INED r 0 To all whomz't may concern Be 1t known thatfI, NORMAN J :HOAG,- a citizen of the-"United States; residing at Skaneateles',- in the county off Onondaga and State OtNeW YOrlQ have iiive'nt'ed -eentain newand useful Improvements in Gombine'd Tools; of which the 'follo'wingis aispecifioa- This invention-i relates to; improvements in combination tools; designedstore use' in connection w1th gardens, 1 lawns ands the like,

and has for its object to provide in combination With common garden rake, .a"-novel and =s11np1e attachment zf'orz oleanlng or El e- 15 moving the gnass 'weeds,leavesazho ifromthe the released position. '1 Fig. -27 is a seetional teeth of therakei A'furtherobject'isto provide novel and simple 1 means acomhined; and cooperating w1th the rake andfithemleanmg par-ts, I'for creating "lurroavswor gutters to receive garden and other seeds, and whieh is reversible, for providing: effective me'ansj'ior filling. the said furrows; andproperly; covering the seeds, as iwellf as per foriningithe usual functions of. a scraper.-

YI -.-=attain these objects by Y the lneans set 1 forth in the detailed: deseriptiolr'which 'follows, .and as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in ay'vhiohf Figure 1 is a top view of the rake having the cleaningattaohment appliedihereto in tally/operated position Fig; 6;;is a detail view showing :a modification. of -,the- 1 n eans for connecting: parts of the cleaning; device toth'e' handleiof the rake a-Figzfl isi' amninerside elevation of the tool ShQWIIAJI 'Flg.

2=;.showingthe scraping device in the operativeposition; ,Fig. 8 :is 2a ,S1II1l l 2tI' view showing thev device reversed for providing the furrowing nie'ans. Fig. 9; is a detached view of the furrow-marker.andascraper. p

i In the drawing,'2'represents1theheader :bodyofthe-rake, 3Jthe teeth, and-Arise centrally located I socket which receives 1 the :handle 5,the socket lprefenably beingicast or inrged- Withthe body-'inthe usnallmam ifinec fis tionl Lett r i ia en -Ap 1-i ation-;fi1ea1retmavy 5, 1919.

Patented Oct. 1,1919.

Serial No. 275,214.

:Referring to Figs. 1,-2, 5,7 and 8, the self- -cleaning attachment consists. of the followng parts: 6 is .arwirewhichis foldedand 1 bent. into 4 the form of a relatively 1 long loop or ;:1i'nk,:the sides of which areparallel and are spaced apart sufficiently; to receive all of 1 the -teeth 3 of the rake, the said link having one end a downwardly and inwardly bent .hbol': 7 which receives the adjacent end- 1 tooth :3; the opposite end. of said link being vbent-ilrsinlila'r fashion to provide a similar -hook'8,-which receives the --afdjaoent end- =tooth3".. g'lhe hook 8;.however, comprises Lat-he :two; ends. of the wire ,(3,- and one end is bent laterally and thence upwardlyaand engages the opposite side part of the.link, for preventing the accidental spreading of the ends: otthe rwire. The-stripping or cleaning1lin k6 is;;norrnallyi held in the idle or released position 7 (see 'Figs.- 2- andg'?) close to -.the:back;of;-the= head 2, by a .Wire 9, .whose jfree ends 9 are rigidly SGCHI'GCL'JDO; the handle 5-b y1;a clamp 10,-and a boltll, the latter piercing 'both the.clamp and 'the handle.

The arms 9'1 of the wire ,9 are springs, which extend at angles toward ;the opposite ends on the; head 2 ,and pass through the hooks '7 and ;8 of thelink .Gjustoutside of the end teeth and Af e p s ing h u said hooks, the-Wire 9 is bentupwardly and thence extends laterally a distance slightly greater'than thenlengthyof the head 2 for forming an upwardly pro] ectlng; right angle l cenipression .loop 9 vThe ,tensionof the spring-arms ,9 normally and resiliently hold theloop 9' above the head 2 (as best ,seen in l fig. 2), during the rakingoperavtitans. When rakes are einployedflfor raki-fng;lawns,the grass and leaves usually cling to and olog 11p the teeth and requ re ireaqnent eleaning and removal. To remove the grass :andwleaves from my improved ral e,.;the ;oper ator simply .turns the rake bottom-side upward, as shown i11 F1 g.5, and thenstrikes the 5 loop 9* I against the ground v-witlisuificient force to overcome the springs ,9. -'l; his; operationlforces thelink. or strip- ,perc6.upwa-rdl onboth. sides ofthe teeth 3 Land-removes t eaccnmulation of grass and leaves. Upon; relieving-the pressure on the 1100p 9 the springs 9 instantly restore the parts 6ga-nd 9?.to theposition shown in Figs. 1 2 and 7,,rea'dy for thenext raking and cleaningoper ti n.

Figs. 3 1 and ,4 illustrate a modification. of

-tfae..-eleaningi attachment, which consists of a stripping part 6, which is of similar construction as the part 6, and is applied in the same manner. 9 represents a wire, the free ends of which are slightly bent, as at 9, and these ends rest upon the socket l. Arms 9 extend in opposite directions from the handle toward the opposite'ends of the head of the rake and then they are bent horizontally passing through the hooks 7' and 8 of the part 6 The wire 9 is then bent upwardly and extends laterally parallel to the head of the rake and to the loop 6, for forming a loop 9, corresponding to the loop 9*. The loop 9 is steadied and held in the upright position by a brace, which consists of a wire 12, which is bent in the form of a V, the point of the V preferably being secured to the handle by a staple 13, while the ends of wire 12 are'bent into hooks or eyes ll, which engage the loop 9 as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. The dotted lines in Fig. 4 show that by forcing the loop 9 toward the head 2 correspondingly moves the stripper 6 along the teeth toward their points for removing grass or leaves, as described.

Fig. 6 shows a modified means for securing the spring arms 9 to the handle, which consists of inserting the ends of the'arms into a hole 15 bored transversely through the handle 5, and then inserting a wire 16 through a perforation '15 in the handle, after which the ends of the wire 16 are folded or bent around the opposite arms 9*. The wire 16 tends to normally hold the arms 9 and the loop 9 in the same position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but allows the arms to flex whenever force is applied to the loop 9*, for cleaning the teeth, as described.

Figs. 7 8 and 9 illustrate the furl-owing and scraping attachment of the combined tool, which consists of a sheet metal part 17, which is provided at each end with similar notches 18 and 18, forengaging the arms 9 or 9 Fig. 8 shows thepart 17 applied to the rake by engaging the notches 18 with the arms 9 This positions the straight or scraping edge 19 close and parallel to the back of the head 2, while the opposite corrugated edge 20 extends a short space below the points of the teeth 3. The

/ rounded points 20 of the edge 20 are preferably spaced equidistantly, and these are employed for forming furrows or shallow gutters in which various seeds may be sown. The plate 17 when in operative position preferably lies against the inner faces of the teeth, which tends to hold said plate vertically and more or less rigid while the tool is being drawn over the earth in the (not shown) formed by the points 20' of the plate 17, the plate 17 should be removed and laid aside.

- aside.

and inverted and again applied to the rake, as shown in Fig. 7, wherein the notches 18 engage the arms 9. This reversal of the plate brings the straight edge 19 slightly below the points of the teeth, and converts the implement into a scraper, which when drawn over the portion of the earth that has been furrowed, will scrape the displaced loose earth back into and fill up the furrows. The plate 17 while in the last described position, may also be employed for any other kind of scraping or leveling work. When the tool is employed for the ordinary work of raking lawns or gardens, the furrowing and scraping part 17 isgenerally detached So'also, when the rake proper is used for raking cultivated earth, such as a garden, the wire parts comprising the cleaning attachment may be readily and quickly detached and temporarily laid My combined tool is very simple'and useful, and can be produced at small expense.

By combining the parts as herein shown the 1 planting and cultivating of gardens, as well as the care of lawns may be accomplished by but one tool.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1 1. The combination of a rake including a handle, a cleaning device supported by the rake, said cleaning device provided with converging sprmg-arms connected to the handle, and a sheet metal plate having a scraping and a corrugated edge, and having corresponding notches to receive said sprmgarms for holdingsaid blade against the rake. f i

2. A combined tool, comprising a rake having a numberof teeth and a handle, an

elongated stripping link surrounding the teeth and having similar end loop-hooks encircling the opposite end teeth, a triangle shaped wire having spring-arms which pass through said loop-hooks outside of the end teeth adapted to resiliently hold said stripping link adjacent the head of the rake, one side of said triangle comprising a transverse right angle loop projecting abovethe head ofthe rake adapted when'subjectedto pressure to move said link toward the points of the teeth, and means for rigidly clampiing the free ends of said spring-arms to said handle.

3. A combined tool comprising a rake and a handle, a cleaning device supported by said rake and having spring arms disposed at the opposite ends of the rake and extending toward the handle, and a furrow marker comprising an oblong plate having notches at its opposite ends to engage said spring arms adjacent said rake.

4. The combination of a rake having a a handle arranged at right angles to: the

- head and a plurality of depending teeth and .1

head, a self-cleaning device comprising a teeth and having downwardly and inwardly Wire having an upwardly projecting 0011'1- bent l00p-l1ooks which encircle the cone pression loop disposed parallel to and norsponding end teeth beneath the head, said 10 mally positioned above the head of the rake, P- 1 pr0]ect 1ng beyond the end-teeth and ha i r dl converging Spring suiheiently to recelve said spring arms.

arms rigidly supported by the handle, and In testimony whereof I affix my slgnature. an elongated strlpping link surrounding the NORMAN J. HOAG.

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